Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-13
James was liable td3 dts. She confessed

James was liable "a tits, She confessed
to q suspicion that James had suffer-
ed in that way, q Ha and /. his moth.
er," she explained kept this mfr.
nifty Of my :nephew's (if he had it q
secret. When they were both staying
with us on a visit, he was found lying
for dead on the road. His mother
said, and he said, it was an accident
caused by a fall All I can tell youis,
that the doctor who brought him to
his senses called ita fit.
After considering q little with him
self, Antony begged leave to put one
question more He asked for the
name of the village in which the inn,
once kept by Thomas Harris, was
situated. Having received this infol
nation, he got up to say goodbye.
His uncle and aunt wanted to know
why he was. leaving them in that sud.
den way. s- r.
To this he returned rather strange
answer: II have q fancy for making
acquaintance with two of the witness
GO b44V VIlNAy eSAIA AAOeSA w IL
can hear of them in the village"
The man-servant and the woman.
servant who had been in the eemploy.
ment OF Thomas Harris, had good
characters, and were allowed to keep
their pla :es by the person who sue
ceeded to possession of the inn. Un-
der the new proprietor the business
had fallen of. The place was asso-
clated with murder, ana q prejudice
against it existed in the minds of
travellers. The bedrooms were all
empty, one evening, when g. stranger
arrived, who described himself as an
| angler desirous OF exercising his skill
in the trOut-steam which ran near the
village. ....
He WAS hands ONE man, still young,
with pleasant manners, and with some.
thing IN his fine upright figure which
suggested to the new landlord that
he might have been at one time in the
army. Everybody in the village liked
him; he spent his money freely; and
he was especially kind and consider.
| ate towards the servants.
Elias Morgan frequently accompa-
MED him on his fishing excursions.
| Maria Mackling looked after his linen
with extraordinary care; contrived to
| meet him constantly on the stairs;
and greatly enjoyed tho compliments
| which the handsome gentleman paid
to her ON these occasions.
In the exchange of condolences that
| followed, he told Maria that he was a
single man, and he was thereupon in
| formed that the echambermaid and the
! waiter were engaged to be married.
They were only waiting to find better
situations, and to earn money enough
to start in business for themselves.
In the third week of the strangers
| residence at the inn, there occurred
change for the worse in his relations
with one OF the two servants. He ex-
cited the jealousy of Elias Morgan.
! This man set himself to watch
Maria, and made discoveries which so
enraged him, that he not only behaved
brutally to his affianced, but forgot
the respect due to his masters guest.
The a,niable gentleman, who had
| shown such condescending kindness
toward his interiors, suddenly exhibit
| ed g. truculent temper. He knocked
the waiter down. Elias got up again
with an evil light in his eyes. He said,
'"The man who once kept this house
knocked me down, and he lived, sir,
to be sorry for it,
Self-betrayed by those threatening
words, Elias went out OF the room.
Having discovered in this way that
his suspicious Of one OF the witnesses
against the unfortunate Harris had
been we'll founded, Antony Gray set
his trap next to catch the woman,
and achieved a result which he had
not ventured to contemplate.
Having obtained private inter-
view with Maria Mackling, he present.
ed himself in the character of peni-
tent man. II am afraid" he said,
"that have innocently lowered you
in the estimation of your Jealous
sweetheart; / shall never forgive my
self, if had been so unfortunate as
to raise an obstacle to your mar
riage."
| Maria rewarded the handsome,
single gentleman with look which ex-
pressed modest anxiety to obtain a
position in his estimation.
Il must forgive you, if YOU can't
rgiveyourself," she answered, softly.
Indeed. owe you q debt of graft
tude. You have released me from an
engagement to a brute. And, what is
more" she added, beginning to lose
her temepr, "an ungrateful brute.
But for me, Elias Morgan might have
been put in prison, and have richly
deserved it!''
l An%o IL H. hoe, ~ IN =
to speak more plainly. But Maria
was on her guard, and plausibly de-
| ferred explanation to a future oppor-
tunity. She had, nevertheless, said
enough already to lead to serious
consequences.
The jealous waiter, still a. self-ap-
pointed spy on Maria's movements,
had heard in hiding all that passed at
the interview. Partly in revenge, partly
in his own interests, he decided on
| anticipating any confession on the
chambermaid's 8 part. The same day
he presented himself before Parson
Tibbald as q repentant criminal, re-
signed to enlighten justice in the char
| acter of Kings Evidence. Z
The infamous conspiracy to which
Thomas Harris had fallen a victim
had been first suggested by his own
miserly habits. -.
! Purely by accident, in the first in
| stance, the woman servant had seen
him secretly burying money under
the tree, and had informed the man.
servant OF her discovery.
He had examined the hiding place,
with view to robbery which might
| benefit his sweetheart and himself,
| and had found the sum secreted too